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Bolshoi Babylon review " breaking pointe at the ballet company

by Peter Bradshaw

This enthralling documentary reveals the extraordinary upheavals at the Bolshoi Ballet as the tip of Russia's rage icebergOne morning in 2013, Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin had acid thrown in his face in the street by a masked attacker. While he endured numerous operations to save his sight and minimise scarring, Moscow police secured a confession from another dancer, Pavel Dmitrichenko, who admitted …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:42am on January 8, 2016